Advisory Details

February 12th, 2019

Microsoft Windows gdiplus DoRotatedStretchBlt Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-19-194
ZDI-CAN-7525

CVE ID CVE-2019-0618
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Windows
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of emf files in gdiplus.dll. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0618
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-11-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-02-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT riusksk of VulWar Corp
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